SeaZone Metadata Maestro

Ben SpaldingBen.Spalding@SeaZone.com01491 822859

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Introduction

> Metadata Editor

> Services Updates Keywords – NERC Vocab Server EDMO Database Contacts Database EPSG Database

> Validation and Transformation

> Projects

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Introduction

About Maestro

> Designed and written by SeaZone

> Metadata Maestro is supported via MEDIN

> Desktop software for creation and validation of Metadata

> There is a programme in place to ensure that bugs and updates are tracked and fixed

Metadata Editor

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Metadata Editor

Profile

> Select a profile MEDIN Discovery Profile (Datasets and Series) MEDIN Discovery Profile (Services)

> Builds a tree of nodes

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Metadata Editor

Nodes

> Reflects ISO 19115 structure

> Reflects profile names

> Indicates obligation of elements Mandatory Conditional Optional

> Add/Remove

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Red Bar / Green Bar

On the fly metadata validation

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Templates

> Create templates for re-use

> *.szz file

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File Identifier

System generated UUID:

> Automatically changes for new metadata

> Can be saved to a template CARE – if this is done the same file identifier can be

used for all metadata instances based on the template

Delete the file identifier before saving the template This forces the file identifier to be re-created when

the template is loaded

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UUID Creator

Tools > UUID Creator

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Exporting KML

Save metadata as OGC KML

> http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2

> Elements mapped: Resource title -> Placemark name Abstract -> Placemark description ISO 19139 XML -> ExtendedData Geographic bounding box -> Placemark Polygon

Services

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Updates

Local cache:

> NERC Vocab Server – keywords(Natural Environment Research Council)

> EDMO Database – contacts(European Directory of Marine Organisations)

> EPSG Geodetic Parameter(European Petroleum Survey Group)

Online:

> GEMET Thesaurus(GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus)

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Updates

Updates can be:

> Automatic at startup

> Invoked manually (Tools > Refresh Cached Lists)

> Folder: [user profile]\Local Settings\

Application Data\SeaZone\

Metadata Maestro Data

> Proxy details required?

(Tools > Options)

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Keywords

NERC Data Grid Vocabulary Server

> Different ways of selecting keywords

> Search for *water*

> Build list

> Drag and drop into

Editor

> Care when

manually editing

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Contacts

EDMO Database>Select organisation>Double click into

‘select organisation’ tab>Drag and drop into

responsible party

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Contacts Database

Local contacts database>Build your own

contacts DB>Search >Drag and drop

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Geodetic Parameter

EPSG Geodetic Parameter

>Search for geodetic

parameters>Search by code/name

Validation and Transformation

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Metadata Validation

XML validation(Metadata > Validate)

>Load XML>Validate

> XML Schema

> Schematron

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Stylesheet .xsl(Metadata > Transform)

>More user friendly

>Better presentation>Customise HTML

XML Transformation

Project

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Save Project

Metadata Maestro Project

> Saves the state of most open forms

> Produces *.szmp file

Thank you

Ben SpaldingBen.Spalding@SeaZone.com01491 822859

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Exercise

Open Metadata Maestro and then the file:

‘SeaZone HydroSpatial Base Project.szmp’.

>Currently the metadata will not validate. See if you can get it to validate (make the Red bar turn Green!) (It doesn’t matter what values you use)

Access the XML Validation Window via “Metadata > View XML” or “ctrl+shift+x”

>See if your company is listed in the EDMO database, and

add it to the ‘Metadata point of contact’ node alongside SeaZone’s contact details

>Add some keywords using the ‘NERC Vocabulary Server’

>Create a new UUID

>Create your own .szmp metadata project and validate your XML

(when you have time!)